Coal hod



APPLlCATlON FILED MAR. 7 1921` 1,413,5 18.

AVP. H. COLLING.

COAL Hon.

Patented Apr. 18, 1922.

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'PETER-H. comme, oF Manassas-0mg 'll-he'invention relates'to' householdutensils designed chiely'for carrying coal, kindling, ashes andA refusegenerally,gsuch as sweepings, garbage andtrash. f

The invention provides a receptacle eln-y bodying relatively upper andlower compartments, each compartment being readily accessible forsupplying or removing material` therefrom as required withoutanyYinterference of one with the other.

, The invention furthermore consists of a receptacle of the character'aforesaid having a tray'adjunctive to the lower compartment andprojecting outwardly from the body of the receptacle'forconvenience ofreceiving kindling and lother material not readily lreceivable in thelower compartment. Other objectsand advantages will parent and suggestthemselves a's-the nature of the invention is understood.

Vhile the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention, it is tobe understood that in adapting the same to meet vdifferent conditionsand requirements, various changes in the form, proportion and minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from thenature of the invention.

VReferring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thespecication,

Figure 1 is a vertical central longitudinal section of a coal hodillustrative of the invention,

Figure 2 1s a horizontalsection taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, and

` Figure 3 is a detail'view of the blank from which the tray is formed,the parts being foldable on the dotted lines.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and desig- Y nated in the several views of the drawings bylike reference characters.

The numeral 1 rdesignates the body of the coal hod, utensil orotherreceptacle, which coat HOD-f2. i

modified Vin accordance with'-fthe present invention to provide f anupper compartmentk 2 anda lower 'compartment k3. The Vutensil orreceptacleI 1;' is provided with the usual' y' i base or stand il. A',portionfis cut from theVV side ofthe-body lfv'toprovideanopening 5, 1disposed preferably in the'-Y rear 'and' opposite the lowercompartment-3'. 'yTlie' 4bottomV ofthe-upper .compartment 2V is'fdesignated` Y Y l4by the-num'era-l'VV Vand is located a-'shor'tf di[siga-nce?.v above theopening f 5.'. YThe bottom vof the lowerceinpartment Slisv designatedfbythe'. numeral v7 i and lcorresponds-l with i the usualibottom :the 1hod'for utensil'..v It willl thu'sfibefunderstood l-that thecompartments 21 and Snare separate and? indep`e`ndent;-.` Accessi;

to the upper compartment 2 is hadthrough`V the top ofthe body 1. Thelowercompart? ment 3' is accessible. through the.' opening.y 5.

A tray 8 is disposed-opposite theopenlng 5f A about in line with. thebottom 7 thereof.: Y The 76 bottom ofthe trayV 8 is jpreferablyin the,"V

*same4 planev as thebottom v7 jand may be:A jointed thereto in anymannen; The sides.;- Yofthe tray 8 slope-upwardly towards theirv 'linner ends and are made fast to thesides of Y thebody '1 at theendsofthe openingrj" inanymanner commonly vpracticed inY the be ap?.

sheet metal art. rIhe upper edge ofthe sides ofthe tray is reinforcedand strengthenedf in substantially the same manner asvthe upper vedgeofthe body 1. 'f The tray isformedv from a blank substantially asillustrated in Figure 3, the same having approximately parallelextensions 9 inline with sidepor- Y tions and which are inwardlycurvedvand secured at their ends with theirlower edges made fast tothebottom portion of the tray. I

The parts, when assembled, may be sesheet metal working so `as 'toprovide a substantial structureand enable the; work to be eHected in arapid and economical way. rlhe invention provides a coal hod, utensil orsimilar receptacle, having ,independent` compartments and an offstandingtray, thus coal may beplaced in ,the upper com-- partment and kindlingin the lower compartment, or the upperV compartment may receive ashesand the lower compartment sweepings and otherrefuse while the tray maybe utilized asa receptacle for garbage or other waste matter. It isobserved that f cured by spot'welding,friveting or in any1mannervusually resorted to inthe art of A the tray 8 is in line Lwiththe. spout of the hod or utensil and extends in an opposite directionthereto. This enables the weight to be more uniformly balanced on thecarrying bail or handle 10.

In the event of the outer portion of the tray 8 being overbalanced byheavy sticks of wood or other material tending to tilt the hod landdischarge the contents of the tray, each end of the bail 10 is formedwith an arm 11 having a lateral extension l2 adapted to engage the upperedge of the hod when the bail is in vertical position, therebypreventing backward tilting of the hod and downward tipping of the tray.

What is claimed is:`

l. Afcoal hod, or analogous utensil, having a spout and embodyingindependent upper and lower compartments separated by a fixed partition,and having an opening in the rear side of the lower compartment oppositethe said spout and in line with the bottom, and a tray in line with saidopening and projecting rearwardly from the utensil in an oppositedirection to the spout and comprising a bottom and sides, the latter fextending along opposite sides of the said opening and attached to thesides of the utensil at the ends of the opening.

2. A coal hod embodying upper and lower compartments and having anopening in its lower rear portion, the bottom of the upper compartmentbeing some distance above the top of said opening, and a tray projectingfrom the hod in an opposite direction lto the spout thereof and in linewith the opening formed in a side thereof, said tray being formed from asingle blank embodying a bottom and sides, the latter includingextensions, and the sides sloping upwardly and inwardly and attached tothe body of the hod adjacent the ends of the opening formed in a sidethereof, and the bottom of the trayV being substantially in the samehorizontal plane with the bottom of the hod which likewise constitutesthe bottom of the lower compartment.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER ooLLINYG.v Vitnesses Y AUGUST N. CoLLINe, v yARCIFIIBALDVVARHURIHH/`

